Acts 3:15

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Summary

Acts 3:15

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Prince

Whereof

General references

Acts 13:30

Bible References

Prince

Life existed in Him; and that Life [was what] enlightened mankind [spiritually].

Jesus answered her, "If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, '[Please], give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

For [just] as the Father is Himself [the source of] life, in the same way He gave to His Son also [the power] to be [the source of] life.

I give them never ending life and they will never be destroyed, and no one will [be able to] steal them out of my hand.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; the person who believes in me will live on, even though he dies [physically].

Jesus answered him, "I am the way [to God], and the truth [to believe], and the life [to live]. No one can go to the Father, except through [believing in] me.

Just as you gave Him authority over all mankind, He will give never ending life to all those people [Note: The Greek word here is neuter gender, "all those things"] you have given Him.

Therefore, none of those who are in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus will be condemned.

So, it is also written [Gen. 2:7], "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam [i.e., Christ], became the Spirit who gives [never ending] life. [See John 5:21].

For you died [with Christ, See 2:20], and your life is [now] hidden with Christ in [fellowship with] God.

For it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, in order to lead many [of His] children to glory [i.e., heaven], would make the author [or, pioneer] of their salvation [i.e., Jesus] completely [qualified] through [His] sufferings.

and after becoming perfectly [qualified], He became the source of never ending salvation to all those who obey Him.

And this is the testimony [of God]: He gave to us [the hope of] never ending life, and this life is [available through fellowship] in His Son.

Then He said to me, "These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it.

Then the angel [See 21:9] showed me the river of the water of life. It was crystal-clear as it flowed out of the throne of God and the Lamb,

Whereof

from His immersion by John [the Immerser] until He was received up from us [in a cloud]. Of these people [we must choose] someone to become a witness with us [i.e., to tell people] of Jesus' resurrection [from the dead]."

So, God raised this Jesus up [from the dead] and we [apostles] are all witnesses [of it].

However, God raised Him up the third day and made it possible for Him to appear [following His resurrection],

But God raised Him up from the dead

General references

This was planned by the Lord and is a marvelous thing to us'?"

But the citizens [of his newly acquired kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him [i.e., to the person who appointed the gentleman king over them], saying, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.'

And the leading priests and our leaders turned him over to be sentenced to death and had him crucified.

[The world will be proven guilty] of sin for not believing in me.

But God raised Him up from the dead